One website added, another modified on Research Resources page

Feb 12
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A research website with databases has been added to the Members Only Research Resources page: Historical Jewish Press, the newspaper collection of the National Library of Israel, contains millions of pages and hundreds of newspapers available to read and search through online. Modified is the link to and information about Ukrainian Archives to reflect that this site, the Tsal Kaplun Foundation, has archives for Jewish communities in former Soviet republics, including links to archives by province.

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